BACKGROUND The main purpose of this study was to discuss the nationality differences of foreign nurse aides and the effect of work stressors influencing work adjustment. And of helping them adapt to Taiwanese society, we summarized the difficulties that foreign nurse aides face in Taiwan. METHODS The subjects included 80 foreign nurse aides from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam who wor...

BACKGROUND Nantes University Hospital comprises 20 activity sectors. AIMS To investigate the role of the work environment at the individual level, as well as the workplace level, in explaining the variability in employees' perception of stress. METHODS A self-administered enhanced Karasek Job Content Questionnaire was sent to employees. The main variables were the psychological job demand (...

Hospital reorganisation and work redesign is being widely implemented. According to anecdotal and media accounts, a target of restructuring eVorts is often the workforce, of which nursing personnel (registered nurses, licenced practical nurses, and nurse aides) represent 37% of United States hospital employees. Hospital restructuring initiatives are altering nursing work force patterns by chang...

Effective communication by nursing home staff is related to a higher quality of life and a decrease in verbal and physical aggression and depression in nursing home residents. Several communication intervention studies have been conducted to improve communication between nursing home staff and nursing home residents with dementia. These studies have shown that communication skills training can ...

The purpose of the study was to assess the feasibility of implementing simple, safe, non-equipment evidence-based movements (Healthy Moves for Aging Well program) using an affordable and sustainable homecare-aide based delivery model that reaches the maximum possible number of frail older adults living at home in Illinois. Two local agencies were asked to identify two experienced home care aide...

AIM This paper is a report of a study conducted to describe the prevalence and risk factors for lower back pain amongst a variety of Turkish hospital workers including nurses, physicians, physical therapists, technicians, secretaries and hospital aides. BACKGROUND Hospital workers experience more low back pain than many other groups, the incidence varies among countries. Work activities invol...

The aim of this study was to generate a substantive theory explaining how the staff in a resource-limited neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a developing nation manage to ensure adherence to behavioral modification components of a noise reduction protocol (NsRP) during nonemergency situations. The study was conducted after implementation of an NsRP in a level III NICU of south India. The no...

Older persons with mental disorders, excluding dementia disorders, constitute a vulnerable group of people. With the future international increase in the older population, mental disorders will increase as well, thus entailing new challenges for their caregivers. These older persons often remain in their own homes, and in Sweden they are cared for by nursing aides. With little previous research...

Abstract Objective To sinicize the Supportive Supervisory Scale (SSS) and analyze psychometric properties of Chinese version SSS (SSS-C). Methods The (the original English version) was firstly sinicized adjusted, then its were examined in 300 health care aides from four long-term (LTC) facilities. SPSS 22.0 used to process data calculate reliability validity. Results 15-item SSS-C had satisfact...